Gitxaaa
is a Tsimshian community built at Lach Klan on Dolphin Island.
It is one of the oldest continuously-inhabited sites in Canada.
Surrounded by small and large islands, the wealth of the local
resources have sustained the Gitxaaa
for countless generations. Today about 420 people live here.

Oona River is a remote community
based on forestry and fishing industries. Settled about 100
years ago, it is one of the few small non-First Nations coastal
communities which has managed to survive. About 30 people make
Oona River their permanent home.